Venetian blind bracket



Patented Oct. 4, 1949 i-"UNITED sTAT Es PATENT OFFICE VENETIANBLINDBRACKET 7 Marcel Boyer, StL-Eustacg; sur le Lac,'Quebec,

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Application October 8, 1947, Serial No. 778,692 a 1 6 Claims. 1

Thepresent invention pertains to a novel attachment or hanger forhanging a curtain or drape adjacent to a Venetian blind.

The principal object of the invention is to utilize the Venetian blindbracket for supporting the rod for the drapery. Another object is toprovide a clip to be fitted on the conventional Ventian blind bracket,for supporting the drapery rod. Thus, an existing installation need notbe altered to accommodate the rod.

In the accomplishment of the objects, a clip is mounted over a side ofthe usual fixed bracket. The clip is shaped to form a seat in which maybe inserted an end of the drapery rod. The rod extends horizontally awayfrom the window and along the wall, so that with a pair of such rods theWindow can be properly draped.

In a simpler construction, the bracket itself is formed with a seat forthe end of the drapery rod. This, however, is a specially 'iormedbracket and must be used as a new installation or as a replacement of anexisting installation.

The invention is fully disclosed by way of example in the followingdescription and in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device in use;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the device;

Figure 3 is an elevation of the opposite side;

Figure 4 is a section on the 4-4 of Figure 3; and

Figure 5 is a similar section of a modification.

Reference to these views will now be made by use of like characterswhich are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout.

In Figure 1 is illustrated a conventional rightangular bracket I withapertures 2 in both sides for fastening elements. The bracket isfastened in a corner of a window frame, with the longer side itransverse of the plane of the window. Each upper corner of the windowframe is fitted with such a bracket.

At the lower edge of each side I is formed a flange 3 extending towardthe vertical center of the Window. The flanges 3 support the usualtransverse bar of header 4 of the Venetian blind and are formed withprongs 5 for better securing the member 4. To the lower corner of eachside I, more remote from the perpendicular side of the bracket 1, ispivotally attached at 6 a detent 1 having its upper end notched at 1' toreceive and retain the header 4 on the adjacent flange 3. The member Iis dropped, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 2, to permit removal ofthe blind for cleaning. The construction thus 2 far described isconventional and well known in the art.

The invention provides a substantially V- shaped clip 8, with aninturned flange 9 parallel to one of the sides, mounted on the upperedge of the side i. The clip is pivotally attached at H} to the uppercorner of the side i nearer the perpendicular side of the bracket I. Acurtain rod H has a perpendicular end [2 fitted in the space between theinturned flange 9 and the continuing side of the clip 8. The majorportion of the rod H extends outward from the window frame or along theadjacent wall and has its remaining end bowed at I3 parallel to the endl2 and finally flanged and apertured at M for attachment to said wall. Apair of such rods at the sides of the window opening accommodates a pairof drapes.

The bracket side I is spaced from the window frame l5 because of theinsertion of the end I2 of the rod H. At lower position in this space isinserted a spacer I6 for bracing side I.

' The pivot I0 permits the clip 8 and rod II to be raised in order toclear the detent I for downward swinging, as in Figure 2. V

In the modification shown in Figure 5, the anchored bracket has itslarger or transverse side consisting of a doubled sheet of metal formingtwo plies 2i) and 2|. At their upper ends, these plies are spaced apartat 22 sufficiently to receive an end 23 of the curtain rod, thusdispensing with the pivotally mounted clip 8 of Figures 1-4. Thisconstruction is simpler but does not have the flexibility of the deviceof Figures 1-4 and cannot employ the standard fixed bracket.

Although specific embodiments of the invention have been illustrated anddescribed, it will be understood that various alterations in the detailsof construction may be made without departing from the scope of theinvention as indicated by the appended claims.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In combination, an angular bracket adapted to be fastened in a windowframe, said bracket having a vertical side and a horizontal side adaptedto support one end of a header, a clip pivotally mounted over the upperedge of the vertical side of the bracket, and a flange directed upwardlyfrom a lower edge of said clip and forming a seat for the end of acurtain rod.

2. In combination, an angular bracket adapted to be fastened in a windowframe, said bracket having a vertical side and a horizontal side adaptedto support one end of a header, a U-shaped clip pivotally mountedinvertedly over the upper edge of the vertical side of the bracket, anda flange directed upwardly and inwardly from one of the sides of saidclip and spaced from the last named side to form a seat for the end of acurtain rod.

3. In combination, an angular bracket adapted to be fastened in a windowframe, said bracket having a vertical side and a horizontal side adaptedto support one end of a header, a flange extending horizontally from thevertical side of said bracket, a clip pivotally mounted over the upperedge of said side, a flange directed upwardly from a lower edge of saidclip and forming a seat for the end of a curtain rod.

4. In combination, an angular bracket adapted to be fastened in a windowframe, said bracket having a vertical side and a horizontai side adaptedto support one end of a header, a flange extending horizontally from thevertical side of said bracket, a U-shaped clip pivotally mountedinvertedly over the upper edge of one of the sides of the bracket, aflange directed upwardly from a lower edge of said clip and forming aseat for the end of a curtain rod.

5. In combination, an angular bracket adapted to be fastened in a windowframe, said bracket having a vertical side and a horizontal side adaptedto support one end of a header, a clip mounted on the upper edge of thevertical side of the bracket, and a flange directed upwardly from alower edge of said clip and forming a seat for the end of a curtain rod,said clip being pivotally attached to said side of the bracket at theupper corner thereof nearer the other side of the bracket.

6. In combination, an angular bracket adapted to be fastened in a windowframe, said bracket having a vertical side and a horizontal side adaptedto support one end of a header, a U-shaped clip mounted invertedly overthe upper edge of the vertical side of the bracket, and a flangedirected upwardly and inwardly from one of the sides of said clip andspaced from the last named side to form a seat for the end of a curtainrod, said clip being pivotally attached to said side of the bracket atthe upper corner thereof nearer the other side of the bracket.

MARCEL ROYER.

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